What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Motivation Learners

The innovative guide for classroom teachers who want to use brain-friendly strategies to motivate, challenge, and reward their students. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation affect student attitudes and perceptions about learning and achievement. Tileston?s distinctive approach covers: The roots of motivation: cognitive, metacognitive, and the self-system Motivating students to begin a lesson or task: using novelty, attention, climate, attitude, perception, importance, efficacy, and more Motivating students to finish a task On-task and off-task behaviors A model for developing motivation in the classroom A model for facilitating motivation Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and index   Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.